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    List All Representations for File

    To see what representations are available for a file you can call the GET /files/:id endpoint while requesting the representations field.

    curl https://api.box.com/2.0/files/123?fields=representations \
        -H "authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"
    

    The response will include a list of representations in the following format

    ...
    {
      "info": {
        "url": "https://api.box.com/2.0/internal_files/123/versions/345/representations/jpg_thumb_32x32"
      },
      "properties": {
          "dimensions": "32x32",
          "paged": "false",
          "thumb": "true"
      },
      "representation": "jpg"
    }
    ...
    

    Response fields

    Every representation will include a set of properties and the type of representation.

    • The optional dimensions field represents the file's dimensions in pixels as width by height.

    • The optional paged field specifies if this representation is a paged document. Some images and PDFs will often be paged documents.

    • The optional thumb field specifies if this representation is suitable as a file thumbnail.